How To Wet Sand Fired Ceramics

Always wear a dust mask when sanding you do not have to sand all the glaze off.

How to wet sand fired ceramics.

After glaze firing sand the bottom or any raw clay portion of the piece using a rough grit wet dry sandpaper the lower the grit number the more rough. Sanding here at the ceramic shop we carry a wide variety of sanding and finishing products to make sure that your work looks and feels great. Tape the wet sandpaper to a table if you have no one to hold it in place for you and move the piece back and forth to level. Some opt to sand the tops of porcelain tile in an effort to simply clean the tile.

If i only want to sand the bottom of a glaze fired piece i grab an 80 grit sanding screen and the bottom of any pot is smooth in about 10 seconds. Heat heat up your piece with a heat gun microwave for 30 seconds or in the oven then apply your glaze. Potters apply a layer of glaze to the bisqueware leave it to dry then load it in the kiln for its final step glaze firing. Thoroughly wetting the sandpaper and the piece are necessary.

From heavy duty fabric backed industrial sanding sheets to delicate chamois for the most fragile greenwares we have what you need to sand down your work in any state from green to bisque and beyond. Glue brush on glue like elmer s type glue. I use 80 120 and 220 grade silicon carbide sanding screens to sand bisqued or glaze fired pots where they need it. Ceramic glaze is an impervious layer or coating applied to bisqueware to color decorate or waterproof an item.

For earthenware such as fired clay pottery to hold liquid it needs a glaze.